Thursdays until 8pm. Autumn colour appointments are open for booking.
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A two-chair studio
Bright Paper is a small studio for precision cutting, considered colour and repair work. Every appointment starts with a conversation about your hair at home — not at the basin.
Tuesday to Saturday, with late chairs on Thursday until 8pm.
Fifteen minutes, no charge, booked on their own if you prefer.
A patch test is needed 48 hours ahead of any tint or bleach.
Service index
Prices start from the figures below and are confirmed in your consultation, because hair length, density and colour history all change the work involved.
A dry consultation, wash, precision cut and a finish you can repeat yourself.
from £58For a real change of shape or length, with time built in to test the line as it dries.
from £78A tidy between appointments. Free within six weeks of a cut with us.
from £12Regrowth coverage matched to your existing colour, with a gloss to even the ends.
from £72Hand-painted or foiled lightening, toned at the basin and finished dry.
from £140Box-dye removal, banding and uneven lightening. Quoted after a consultation only.
on quoteA structural treatment for hair that snaps or stretches, added to any appointment.
from £28Smooth, soft or waved, with a short lesson in the technique if you want one.
from £38Colour services always include the finishing blow dry. If your hair needs more time than booked, we will tell you before we start rather than halfway through.
Choose your appointment
Most mis-booked appointments are simply too short. Read the lane that matches what you want to change, then name it on the form.
Shape, weight and the way your hair falls when you have not touched it.
Tint, gloss, foils or balayage, planned around how often you want to return.
For hair that is stretching, snapping or no longer holding a finish.
Lookbook
Three recent appointments, photographed in the studio on the day. Bring images like these to your consultation — they are far more useful than a description.
A blunt collarbone line kept heavy through the ends, dried soft rather than straight.
Two sittings of fine foils around the parting, toned warm so the grow-out stays quiet.
A tapered back scissor-dressed over the ear, booked as a 60 minute cut and finish.
Behind the chairs
You can ask for either of us, or leave it open and we will give you the first suitable chair. Request times are a guide, not a promise.
Mara opened Bright Paper after years of dry cutting and works mostly with texture — waves, coils and anyone who has been told their hair "will not do that". She usually books about two weeks ahead.
Theo plans colour around the diary you actually keep, so a four-month grow-out is a fair answer. Correction work is his, and he will always consult before quoting. Lightening days fill first.
Your visit
Last appointments start an hour before closing, and longer colour work is booked earlier in the day.
Before you arrive
Questions
The six things people most often want cleared up before they book.
Tint and bleach contain ingredients that a small number of people react to, and sensitivity can appear even if you have coloured your hair for years. The test takes five minutes, must sit for 48 hours, and only needs repeating if more than six months pass between colour appointments.
Usually, but not always in one sitting. Removing built-up dye without wrecking the condition is a staged process, so we consult first, agree a realistic endpoint, and often split the work across two or three visits with repair treatments in between.
A precision cut holds its shape for six to eight weeks, shorter crops closer to four. Root tint is typically four to six weeks, while hand-painted balayage can stretch to three or four months — we plan that with you rather than assuming you want to come back constantly.
Yes, from around age six, booked as a 30 minute appointment with a parent or carer staying in the studio. We keep the clippers quiet and will happily stop halfway if a first haircut needs a break.
Within six weeks of a cut with us, yes — just ask for a fringe slot when you book. Outside that window, or if you were cut elsewhere, it is charged as a short appointment.
Tell us as soon as you know. Up to about ten minutes we can usually absorb; beyond that we may shorten the finish or, for colour, move you to another day so the next client is not pushed back. We would rather rebook you than rush your hair.
Request a booking
Send the form and we will reply with two or three times that fit the service, including the patch test appointment if colour is involved. Nothing is confirmed until you hear back from us.